Valparaiso opened the outdoor portion of the home schedule on an
extremely windy Wednesday afternoon at the Valpo Tennis Complex, dropping a 6-1
match to Indiana Wesleyan.

The Wildcats opened the match
winning all three doubles contests for the day’s first point. Valpo’s Stephanie
York (Elkhart, Ind./Jimtown
H.S.) and Katie Bilyeu (Terre Haute, Ind./South
Vigo H.S.) played the tightest match of the day at the number three spot,
before falling 8-3 to Laura Helm and
Courtney Kooyers. Indiana Wesleyan’s Eva
Delk and Lisa Massey were 8-0 victors over Molly
Keifer (Richmond, Ind./Richmond
H.S.) and Jenny Schwartz (Aurora, Ill./West
Aurora H.S.) while Cailtin McGuire and Julia Hedgebeth topped Kim Sajevic (Woodbury,
Minn./Woodbury H.S.) and Julie Wingstrom (Dallas
Lake, Ind./Westview
H.S.) by the same score at the second spot.

Singles play was tightly
contested. Sajevic earned a straight set
victory for the Brown and Gold at the number one spot with a 6-3, 6-3 win over
Julia Hedgebeth. Indiana Wesleyan (16-0)
won the other five matches, but three of them went three sets, with Valpo
winning the first set in each of the contests.
Delk topped Schwartz 4-6, 6-0, 6-1 at third singles while Kooyers was a
4-6, 6-4, 6-2 winner against York
at the fifth spot. Helm earned a 2-6,
6-4, 6-4 victory over Lindsey Gustafson
(Naperville, Ill./Benet Academy) at the bottom of the
order for the other three-set win.
Massey was a 6-3, 6-4 victor against Keifer at second singles while
McGuire topped Bilyeu 6-2, 6-3 at the fourth spot.

“It was great for Kim to get
a win at first singles,” head coach Traci
Young said. “We had some good three
set matches today as well.”

Valparaiso (1-13) will remain at home on Friday as the Crusaders
host Milwaukee
at the Valpo Tennis Complex. First serve
is set for 4 p.m.